Here’s some comet dust embedded in aerogel, fresh from its triumphant return from Comet Wild-2. The science guys are going bananas over early results; it appears the collection attempt was wildly successful.

Glass that’s 99.8% air. I wonder if it’s possible to get a chocolate mousse that light and fluffy.

Mission scientists have recruited over 70,000 people to join the white-suited folks over to the right. People will be using home computers to look through microscopic sections to identify dust grains and othe particles.

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Todd lives in the Pacific Northwest, serving a Catholic parish as a lay minister.